Archive for the 'R. Kelly' Category

"My friend, there is no end when it comes to Trapped in the Closet."

- R. Kelly to Rolling Stone on his hip-hopera saga, in which he recently wrote 32 more chapters.

THROWBACK!

Last night's X Factor Finale was pretty cutthroat, with the final three contestants bringing their A-game in hopes of winning enough votes to win the coveted $5 million recording contract and the title of the first winner of The X Factor USA.

The night kicked off with three incredible performances by Melanie, Chris and Josh with some very famous faces. The standout for us was of course our girl Melanie Amaro, who brought a new touch of class and powerhouse sound to R.Kelly's classic, I Believe I Can Fly. It didn't hurt that he was there with her, crooning away so effortlessly, making the performance as seamless as it could be.

However, the night started off with the boys, with Chris Rene taking on Avril Lavigne's start out hit Complicated alongside the punk rock princess and Josh Krajcik meeting rock icon Alanis Morrissette to duet on her hauntingly beautiful song Uninvited!

Check out the jump to see the boy's duets with these mega-superstars. Pretty solid all around, but our choice still has to be Melanie! No question, she is the one to beat! See what we mean AFTER THE JUMP!!!!

It's the news everyone has been waiting for:

R. Kelly has THIRTY TWO more chapters for Trapped In The Closet ready to film!

Calm your beating hearts, and stop clearing your calendars for the foreseeable future — because he needs money to do it.

Apparently it's pretty expensive to do, so he's looking for investors!

So if you want to get in on this epic hip-hopera action, break out those checkbooks!

LOLz!

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Oooh, niice!

The X Factor finale just keeps getting more exciting!

We already knew Justin Bieber was locked to perform but get this…

Pitbull AND Ne-Yo are locked to perform as well now too!

Not only that, but the MAJOR superstars the three finalists are "duetting" with have been announced! And they are:

[Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN.]

Famed producer Timbaland has battled many things in his career.

But he has also been a smashing sucess in the music business.

Working with the likes of Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliot, Nelly Furtado, and Dr. Dre, he has been a force since the early 90s.

With E!'s True Hollywood Story, Timbaland reveals some of his demons.

He admits to loving the late Aaliyah but chose to be a big brother type.

He states the following:

When I first met Aaliyah—it time for the world to hear this, I'm gonna give a little secret—I was in love with her. I said, But I'm not…She just a baby, I'm old. I said to myself, 'I'm just gonna be her brother.' Oh man, I was fightin', I was fightin' a lot—a big war. But I loved Aaliyah.

Aaliyah signed a record deal at 12 and allegedly married R. Kelly at 15.

She tragically passed away at 22 in a 2001 plane crash.

Timbaland also talks about his weight and his suicidal thoughts.

I was almost 400 pounds. Who wants to be a 400-pound black man? I'm looking in the mirror, my breast is bigger than a girl breast. And I was saying, ‘That ain't cool.' So I got very depressed, like suicidal depressed.

But now, the superstar producer is married and healthier.

Timbaland's Story airs Tuesday, December 20th.

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LOL! Say wha???

Yep, it's true! R. Kelly is hosting the Love Letter cruise that will take passengers on the Carnival Destiny from Miami to the Bahamas, October 1, 2012!

For only $1500, you can hop aboard the love boat and gain access to one of the singer's two on deck shows.

So the motion of the ocean and Ignition…for some reason Poseidon keeps popping in our head.

Uh oh!

R. Kelly is just like the rest of America!

After failing to pay mortgage payments since June of 2010, JPMorgan Chase Bank has filed foreclosure on the R&B star's Chicago mansion for $2.9 million!!

According to one of his close friends, R. Kelly was purposely missing payments to manipulate the bank into negotiating the loan.

Oh, R. Kelly! You're famous! They're not going to feel sorry for you.

When asked to comment, his spokesperson declined to comment on the topic at hand, but insisted the singer was in no financial trouble.

SEE! That is not going to help your case, R. Kelly!

OMGosh. It's one thing when a family truly can't afford to make payments due to unforeseen circumstances, but if you have the money, and we believe you do, don't try to cheat the system.

Surely he'll fix this if he wants to keep the house. If not, there are plenty more closets to stay in!

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All right! This was a pleasant surprise!

Although Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha were already featured on the official remix to Britney Spears' second single off of Femme Fatale, 'Till The World Ends, it appears that R. Kelly has cut his own version of the track - with his own verses added in!

Check out the hip hop singer's remix (above)!

A completely different, slightly sexier take on the song than what's already been done with it, so we're feeling this!

Well done!

What do U think?? Which version do U prefer best?